Darren Turner is one of the UK's most successful and experienced racing drivers. He has competed and excelled in almost every four-wheel racing category, most notably taking two GT1 class victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours. As an Official Works Driver for Aston Martin Racing, he is competing in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship in the DBR9, the Le Mans Series in the Vantage GT2 and the Le Mans 24 Hours in the Aston Martin LMP1 car.
In addition to his busy race programme, Darren runs 'Base Performance', a company offering specialist expertise to the motorsport and automotive industries, in regard to simulator set-up and development and the development of race and road cars.
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Fantastic fourth in the Algarve
Best result so far for JMW Aston Martin
Darren Turner and Rob Bell took the JMW Motorsport Aston Martin GT2 to its first Le Mans Series finish in last night’s 1000kms of Algarve. The British duo put in an impressive drive in very hot conditions to take the No.92 car to fourth place in what has been described as the most competitive GT2 class in the world. It was Rob’s turn to take the start and he did a sterling job, moving up from eighth to sixth during his first stint. When Darren joined the race he was in fifth…
Weighty issues for DT
Tough weekend in France
Darren Turner had two tough races at Paul Ricard this weekend as his Aston Martin DBR9 felt the weight of 30kg of success ballast on top of an additional 30kg of Balance of Performance weight. He and his team-mate, Tomas Enge, managed to take a top ten finish in Saturday’s FIA GT1 World Championship qualifying race but today’s main race was a difficult one, ending in 16th place. Darren was the nominated first driver this weekend so he took to the track for the first qualifying…
Marathon effort rewarded
BRDC runners collect cheque for CLIC Sargent
It was revealed today that the efforts of Darren Turner and his fellow BRDC marathon runners have raised an astounding £100,000 for CLIC Sargent, the charity that cares for children and young people with cancer. The group of British Racing Driver’s Club members all completed the Virgin London Marathon in April and worked hard to raise money for CLIC Sargent before, during and after the event. They had raised £80,000 by the time of the race and this has now reached the £100,000…
Cruel luck topples Turner
Out in the 24th hour!
Darren Turner’s dream of being the top LMP1 petrol finisher in the Le Mans 24 Hours went up quite literally in a puff of smoke today. After a typically determined effort from Darren, his team-mates Sam Hancock and Juan Barazi, and the whole Aston Martin Racing team, the 009 car retired with less than an hour of the race remaining with an engine problem. The large performance gap between the diesel and petrol cars has created a split class in LMP1 so Darren’s target was to make…
Let Battle Commence
Ready to go at Le Mans!
At 1500hrs tomorrow, Darren Turner will start his eighth Le Mans 24 Hours. Already a double-winner of the world-famous endurance race, Darren is well prepared for all the challenges that will be coming his way this weekend. The majority of Darren’s 2010 race programme is focused on the GT1 and GT2 Aston Martins so he had to quickly reacquaint himself with the LMP1 car during the free practice session on Wednesday. He didn’t get back in the car until his qualifying run that night,…
Eat your heart out Mr Bean
DT reunited with his favourite Mini
Darren Turner was on track at Brands Hatch this weekend in Andy Hack's 1964 Austin Mini Cooper S, taking part in the Masters Historic Festival. Darren and Andy took part in two races today: one just for Minis and one for saloon cars. DT took pole position for the Mini race and Andy took third on the grid for the saloon car race where they would go up against some much bigger cars. In the Mini race Andy was running strongly in second when he pitted to hand over to Darren but unfortunately…
The World Championship comeback begins
Two top finishes at Brno
Darren Turner and Tomas Enge are now firmly on the FIA GT1 World Championship points table after two incredible runs to second in both of this weekend’s races at Brno in the Czech Republic. During Saturday morning’s qualifying hour Darren and Tomas were running well inside the top four in each of the three sessions. Tomas nailed third place on the grid, behind two Maserati MC12s that seemed to be very well suited to the Brno track. Darren started the qualifying race from third,…
Podium at Brno!
Second place for Darren and Tomas
After showing they were a winning combination at Silverstone a few weeks ago, Darren and Tomas (Enge) came close again today with a second place finish in the FIA GT1 World Championship race at Brno. The pair had a great run in qualifying and ultimately Tomas’ lap gave them a P3 grid spot. Here’s what Darren had to say after the race: “At the start I had a good run on the second-placed Maserati up the inside, but all the action was on the outside and Peter (Dumbreck)…
